What began as a handful of yoga classes at a fitness center in 2001, has taken the area by storm, and has evolved since that time to form its own entity. The Clouds Yoga Center at The Club on St. Simons Island offers the Golden Isles yoga community a place to call h{om}e.
The intention behind the development and growth of The Clouds Yoga Center has always been a vision of love: to bring yoga to the community and to offer the best instruction, master classes, training and workshops to every student that walks through our doors. The owners and dedicated teachers share a vision for the future of The Clouds Yoga Center, one that welcomes all to the practice and matches the commitment of the students who regularly attend the myriad of classes that are offered.
A C{om}prehensive Offering
While serving the yoga community is at the heart of The Clouds Yoga Center, their program continues to mature and evolve in order to expand offerings and varied styles or “traditions” of yoga. Traditions of Yoga taught at The Clouds include Kundalini, Yin, Baptiste and Kripalu, and there are classes in heated yoga, restorative yoga, and aerial yoga. The center’s goal is twofold: to attract new students and to continue serving their dedicated local yoga community. The center’s regular class schedule includes 40+ yoga classes per week at all times of the day and evening.
The Clouds Yoga Center also offers specialty monthly workshops and Master Classes, as well as “series” classes, to instruct students in the various yoga practices. It is their intention that their students and teachers continue to learn, to hone their skills, and to dive deeper into both the practice of yoga and the philosophy of yoga.
The Clouds Yoga Center is the only yoga studio in the Golden Isles that offers aerial yoga, an authentic practice that is supported by a soft hammock, allowing the student to go deeper into yoga poses. While aerial yoga may be intimidating to some, the center’s highly trained instructors have introduced a beginner series of classes that have quickly become popular and will train students to be confident on the silks so that they are able to then join the regular aerial yoga classes on the schedule once they have completed the beginner aerial training.
S{om}e of the Best Instruction
The Clouds Yoga Center offers the most diverse classes in the area and has a staff of highly trained and educated instructors. While all of the center’s teachers hold 200 hour yoga teaching certifications, many have advanced training with 500 hours of yoga teacher training as well as thousands of hours of instruction under their belts. Teachers at the center hail from many areas of the country and have received some of the best instruction from world renowned Yoga Masters. Incredible instructors, who teach globally, have been welcomed to train and teach at The Clouds Yoga Center. Max Strom, Dennis and Kathy Lang, and Lauren McRae have all been a part of the center’s programs and will return for future workshops.
Bec{om}e Who You Wish to Be
Once you set foot into one of the lovely and well-appointed studios at The Clouds Yoga Center, it is their hope that you will feel as if you’ve come H-OM-E. Clouds teachers can help you to find that important “center” where you can experience a sense of calm and peace in every aspect of life. The Clouds Yoga Center is intended to be a space where you can become all you wish to be but also where you can accept yourself just as you are. Their instructors wish to teach you not only the physical practice of the Asanas (postures), but also how to utilize your breath for utmost health. They want to show you how to marry the philosophies of yoga with the physical portion of the practice to facilitate moving into a more well-rounded place in your life with “ease of well-being” in every moment.
New C{om}mitments in January
Clouds Yoga instructors make it their goal to display hospitality within the studios in the Yoga Loft and to make all students feel comfortable. It is their pleasure to share yoga with everyone and they hope that you join their classes and workshops to experience the physical and mental enhancements that regular yoga practice offers. The Cloud Yoga Studio instructors look forward to making new commitments to the yoga community in the new year and are pleased to introduce these new “series” classes:
Beginner Yoga (6-week series) taught by Karen Lucas, Kripalu certified teacher. Saturday afternoons 1:00-2:00 p.m., January 12th to February 16th.
Journey through the Chakras (8-week series) taught by guest instructor John Hartland. Sunday afternoons 1:30-2:30 p.m., January 20th to March 10th.
Beginner Aerial Yoga (6-week beginner series) taught by Julie Hoover. Sunday afternoons 2:30-3:30pm, January 13th to February 17th.
In growing The Clouds Yoga Center and the St. Simons Island yoga community, it is the sincere hope of Clouds instructors that a spirit of loving kindness will grow and permeate the hearts of all who enter, creating a like-minded community of individuals spreading the love at the center and everywhere beyond. They look forward to welcoming you H{OM}E to The Clouds Yoga Center.
For more information about the regular yoga class schedule, any of the master classes, workshops, or the new series, please contact Connie Brogan (cjwindon@gmail.com) or Lauren Prince (sellarslauren@gmail.com). You can also find them online at thecloudsyogacenter.com or on Facebook at The Clouds Yoga Center. See you in The Clouds in 2019!
